Program Mezzo

Malcolm Frager (piano) Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana, Marc Andreae (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Piano Concerto no. 5 in D Major K 175 1990 Directed by Janos Darvas

Magic Moments of Music: Sergiu Celibidache & the Berliner Philharmoniker Directed by Holger Preuse and Philipp Quiring

Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko (Conductor) Elīna Garanča (Mezzo-soprano) Pēteris Vasks (b. 1946) Musica dolorosa Luciano Berio (1925 – 2003) Folk Songs Valentin Silvestrov (B. 1937) Elegie Leoš Janáček (1854 – 1928) Taras Bulba Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957) Finlandia op. 26 Liepāja (Latvia), Lielais dzintars, Great Hall, 1 mai 2022 TV director, Henning Kasten

Directed by Benedict Mirow This portrait of Friedrich Gulda is based on archive material dating from his earliest youth right up to his last months. The entire narration originates from Friedrich Gulda, either from himself directly, or narrated by his „alter ego“ Ulrich Mühe. Simply a „must“ for all those wishing to experience the last „enfant terrible“ of the classical music establishment in all his facets.

Go behind the scenes at the Steinway & Sons factory and discover Spirio, the incredible technology that allows a piano to replay a performance exactly as it was played live. Mr. Guido Zimmermann, the president of the world-famous pianomakers, talks us through the revolutionary concept, accompanied by images of the precise, fascinating craftmanship and engineering that goes into each one of the Spirio pianos. Hugo Cohen Sprung's documentary also allows us insight into French pianist and Steinway artist Bertrand Chamayou's experience with the technology and features a preview of his unique two-piano concert in which he performs with his "shadow"!

Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor) NFM Choir Anett Fritsch (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Florian Boesch (bass-baritone) Joseph Haydn (1832 – 1809) The Seasons Hob. XXI:3 Wrocław, National Forum of Music, 17 September 2023

POPPEA // POPPEA by Christian Spuck Choregraphed by Christian Spuck for Gauthier Dance Music by Martin Donner, Claudio Monteverdi and others Gauthier Dance Emma Ryott — Set designer, costume designer Dunja Funke — Dramaturgy Reinhard Traub — Lighting Eric Gauthier — Dancer Anneleen Dedroog — Dancer Miriam Gronwald — Dancer Anna Süheyla Harms — Dancer Maria Prat Balasch — Dancer Rosario Guerra — Dancer Florian Lochner — Dancer William Moragas — Dancer David Stiven Valencia Martinez — Dancer Tars Vandebeek — Dancer Directed by Nikolai Vialkowitsch Stuttgart, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, 2013

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Lionel Bringuier (Conductor) Alena Baeva (Violin) Emilie Mayer 1812 – 1883 Overture No. 2 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 1809 - 147 Violin Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 64 Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 - 1827 Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60 Directed by Guillaume Hector Liège, Salle Philharmonique, 8 May 2026